1998 Speedway Conference League

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1998 Speedway Conference League
League Conference League
Champions St Austell Gulls
Knockout Cup St Austell Gulls
Individual Steve Bishop
Division/s above 1998 Elite League
1998 Premier League

The 1998 Speedway Conference League sponsored by Dunlop, was the third tier/division of British speedway. [1]

Contents

Summary

The title was won by St Austell Gulls. [2]

Final league table

PosTeamPlayedWDLFAPts
1 St Austell Gulls 16131284456227
2 Newport Mavericks 16100674268220
3 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 1681770470917
4 Norfolk Braves 16601069073912
5 Buxton Hitmen 1620145738614
6 Skegness Braves+41031661912

+ withdrew - Norfolk replaced Skegness and took over fixtures

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 1998 Conference league Knockout Cup (sponsored by Dunlop) was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. [3]

In 1995 there had been an Academy League Knockout Cup and in 1996 a Conference League Knockout Cup but due to a merger of the British Leagues, both the 1995 and 1996 editions acted as the second tier of British speedway at the time.

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
21/06Skegness41-49Mildenhall
21/06Mildenhall48-41Skegness

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
30/08Buxton43-47Mildenhall
19/07Mildenhall49-41Buxton
17/07Newport52-38St Austell
14/07St Austell59-31Newport

Final

22 September [4] St Austell Gulls
Steve Bishop 17
Seemond Stephens 14
Roger Lobb 12
Garry Lobb		53–36 Mildenhall Fen Tigers
David Mason 13
Ross Brady 8
Geoff Powell 5
Dean Garrod
Jamie Barton		 Clay Country Moto Parc

3 October [5] Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Geoff Powell 12
Ross Brady 9		38–52 St Austell Gulls
Seemond Stephens 15
James Birkinshaw 13
Steve Bishop 10		 Mildenhall Stadium

Riders' Championship

Steve Bishop won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 12 July at the Clay Country Moto Parc in St Austell. [6]

Pos.RiderTeamTotal
1 Steve Bishop St. Austell15
2 Andrew Appleton Newport14
3Seemond StephensSt. Austell12
4Adrian NewmanSt. Austell11
5Peter BoastNorfolk10
6Wayne BarrettSt. Austell10
7Roger LobbNewport9
8Dean GarrodMildenhall8
9Jason PrynneSt. Austell8
10 Chris Neath Newport7
11Paul Lydes UingsMildenhall4
12Richard FordNewport4
13Kevin PhillipsSt. Austell3
14Paul MacklinBuxton3
15Martin WilliamsNewport1
16 Chris Harris St. Austell1
17Vince Purnell (res)0

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References

  1. ↑ "1998 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. ↑ "Final table". Speedway archive.
  3. ↑ "1998 Conference league Knockout Cup". Speedway Archive.
  4. ↑ "Speedway" . Reading Evening Post. 23 September 1998. Retrieved 31 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Speedway" . South Wales Echo. 5 October 1998. Retrieved 31 October 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "1998 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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